AI incidents have grown by over 30 percent from 2022, up to 123 ethical incidents in 2023. This is based on the AI incident database (AIID) which tracks instances of ethical misuse of AI.
AI incident database tracking of ethical misuse by AI from 2022 to 2023
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The survey was administered to census-targeted samples of over 1,000 people in each of 21 countries, for a total of 23,882 surveys conducted in 12 languages.
Source breaks down the functions as follows: "SO = Service operations", "M&S = Marketing and sales", and "R&D = Research and development".
2022 number back calculated by Statista.
Source clarifies: "The AI Incident Database (AIID) tracks instances of ethical misuse of AI, such as autonomous cars causing pedestrian fatalities or facial recognition systems leading to wrongful arrests."
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Stanford University. (April 15, 2024). AI incident database tracking of ethical misuse by AI from 2022 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465358/ai-ethical-incidents/
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